Plate Boundaries Practice Quiz
Authored by William Wengelewski
Science
6th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the theory of plate tectonics?
It is melted rock that has been pushed out of the Earth.
It is melted rock that is still within the Earth.
The idea that the earth’s crust is broken into pieces that can move.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What causes earthquakes?
The idea that the earth’s crust is broken into pieces that can move.
When Tectonic plates move or rub up against each other.
It is both types of crust, the oceanic crust and the continental crust as well as the top part of the mantle that is rigid,
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why are some earthquakes stronger than others?
If tectonic plates get stuck when they are trying to move, pressure builds up until it is released suddenly.
When one plate gets pushed under another plate.
The idea that the earth’s crust is broken into pieces that can move.
When Tectonic plates move or rub up against each other.
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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is the asthenosphere?
It is both types of crust, the oceanic crust and the continental crust as well as the top part of the mantle that is mostly solid.
It is melted rock that is still within the Earth
It is the solid/liquid upper part of the mantle of the Earth that that the tectonic plates are sliding around on.
Subduction zones
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the lithosphere?
It is both types of crust, the oceanic crust and the continental crust as well as the top part of the mantle that is rigid,
Where tectonic plates are moving away from each other. Underwater, they expose lava which makes new land.
Convection currents in the mantle.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is magma?
Subduction zones
When one plate gets pushed under another plate.
It is melted rock that has been pushed out of the Earth.
It is melted rock that is still within the Earth.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is lava?
Subduction zones
When one plate gets pushed under another plate.
It is melted rock that has been pushed out of the Earth.
It is melted rock that is still within the Earth.
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